End-gate.



PATENTED MAR. 26, 1907.

J. L. WILLIAMS.

END GATE. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 18 1906.

WITNESSES.-

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JAMES L. WILLIAMS, OF MOUNT HAMIL, IOWA.

END-GATE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Maren 26, 1907.

Application filed September 18,1906. Serial No. 335,154.

To all whmn it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES L. WILLIAMS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mount Hamil, in the county of Lee and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in End-Gates; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to end-gates for wagons; and it consists in the novel construction and combination of the parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a partial plan view of a wagon-body provided with an endgate according to this invention. F ig. 2 is a cross-section taken on the line as 00 in Fig. 1 and looking in the direction of the arrows. Fig. 3 is a cross-section through the endgate.

- A is a portion of the body of a wagon of any approved construction, and B are grooved guides or guides forming grooves near its open end.

C is the end-gate, which is slidable vertically in the said guides. The main portion of this end-gate 1s provided with a slidable plate D, which has a channel-shaped end portion d, arranged beyond the end of the main portion of the end-gate and forming an extension of it. One end of the end-gate slides in one guide-groove, and the portion d slides in the other guide-groove.

Each end of the end-gate is provided with hooks E and E, respectively, and the hook E preferably consists of an extension of a flange :2, formed on the u per edge of the extensionplate D. The ower edge of the extension-plate is also provided with a flange e to stiffen it.

The extension-plate D is provided with slots f, and F are guide-pins secured to the main portion of the endgate for the said slots to slide over. G is a guide-bar also secured to the main portion of the end-gate and engaging with projections g on the said body portion. H is a nut secured to the said body portion of the end-gate, and h is an arm which projects from the extension-plate. I is 'a screw which engages with the said nut: This screw has a knob 'L for revolving it, and its end portion 'i is operatively connected with the said arm, so that when the screw is revolved the extension-plate is slid back and forth.

The hooks project over the wagon sides and prevent the said sides from s reading. The screw permits the extension-p ate to be regulated so that the end-gate will engage with the guide-grooves of thewagon-body to the best possible advantage.

The extension-plate may be set so as to hold the end-gate stationary in the guidegrooves in any desired position or it may be set so as to permit the end-gate to be slid up or down with any desired freedom.

This end-gate is specially intended for use in connection with an end-gate seeder of approved construction.

What I claim is v 1. The combination, with the main portion of an end-gate, and an extension-plate arranged at one end thereof, of a nut secured to one of the said parts, a revoluble screw engaging with the said nut and operatively connected with the other said part, and a wagon-body provided with guide-grooves in which the said end-gate is normally slidable,

said screw affording a means for clamping the end-gate after its vertical been adjusted.

2. The combination, with a wagon-body provided with guide-grooves, of an end-gate provided with an extension-plate having a channel-shaped end portion, and means for adjusting the position of the said plate longitudinally of the body portion of the said endate. g 3. The combination, with a Wagon-body provided with guide-grooves, of an end-gate provided with an extension-plate and slidable in the said grooves, said extension-plate having a channel-shaped portion at one end, longitudinal projections at its other end, guideposition has portion of the end-gate and engaging with slots in its middle part, and flanges at its top nut and operatively connected with the said and bottom; a guide-bar secured to the body arm.

In testimony whereof I have ailixed my the said projections, guide-pins also secured signature in the presence of two Witnesses. to the said body portion and engaging With JAMES L. VVILLTAMS. the said slots, a nut secured to the said body- Vitnesses:

portion, an arm secured to the said plate, and I W. J. WVILLIAMSON,

an adjusting-screw engaging with the said M. TILLIAMSON. 

